leip-sool

Votic

Alternative forms
  • leib-sool, ieipe-soolõ

Etymology

From leipe (“bread”) and soolõ (“salt”), referring to the practice of bread and salt, and perhaps a kind of calque of Russian хлеб-соль (xleb-solʹ), хлеб да соль (xleb da solʹ).

Pronunciation
  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈlei̯pˌsoːl/, [ˈlei̯pˌsoːɫ]
  • Rhymes: -oːl

Interjection

leip-sool

  1. An expression to be uttered by a guest arriving at someone's home or kitchen to express good wishes.
  2. bon appétit!

References
  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “leipä-soola”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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